Brazil’s Supreme Court puts aside indigenous land case, no new date for indigenous rights news

Indigenous groups say that the Brazilian Supreme Court’s ruling will be crucial as they seek to defend ancestral land rights.

Brazil’s Supreme Court suspended a high-profile Land rights case The natives of South American countries say this is vital to their survival, and there is no new date to re-discuss this issue.

The Supreme Court is weighing whether the state government has applied a too narrow interpretation Indigenous rights Only tribal lands occupied by indigenous communities when the Brazilian Constitution was ratified in 1988 are recognized.

Indigenous rights organizations stated that the rule was unconstitutional because the 1988 Constitution did not have a time frame to guarantee the rights of ancestral land.

The case was suspended after one of the judges, Alexandre De Moraes, asked for more time.

As far as the current situation is concerned, so far, two members of the 11-member court have made a ruling, one judge supports the deadline for land claims, and the other judge has voted to end the deadline.

The failure of indigenous peoples in court will set a precedent for the regression of indigenous rights sought by President Jair Bolsonaro [Adriano Machado/Reuters]

The government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is supported by the agricultural sector, which has widely defended the timetable. It believes that the time frame provides legal protection for farmers, many of whom have lived on land where indigenous people once lived for decades.

Protected aboriginal land provides resistance Deforestation in the Amazon, The advocate said.

Critics also say that the failure of indigenous peoples in court will set a precedent for the rollback of rights that Bolsonaro seeks with the support of strong agricultural interests.

Today, some 850,000 indigenous people’s lawyers in Brazil say that the constitution that fixed their rights to ancestral lands on stone does not mention a time frame.

Their ancestors were expelled from their hunting grounds when European settlers began to arrive centuries ago, or expelled from coveted farmland recently but before the 1988 deadline.

In many cases, white farmers’ families have lived on land now owned by indigenous communities for decades, and in some cases even held ownership, indicating that they purchased from the state.

“If the Supreme Court does not maintain the 1988 timetable… it will kill Brazil’s agribusiness and there will be no incentive to invest in agriculture,” Bolsonaro said recently.